Freehold Township girls track and field strong at Penn Relays

8:15 PM,
Apr. 25, 2014

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Josh Newman
| @Joshua_Newman

In the middle of a staging area just beyond the brick fašade of venerable Franklin Field on Thursday morning, Emily Bracher seemed torn.

The Freehold Township junior was moments removed from anchoring the Patriots' 4x800 squad to a second consecutive Championship of America in 9:14.62. The reigning indoor national champions in the event, the Patriots showed up at the Penn Relays on Thursday morning and accomplished what they set out to do.

They qualified for today, but that 9:14.62 was not the improvement they were looking for after running 9:14.37 and 9:14.84 the last two Saturdays. ...